Need A Magpie

bluestripe93

Can anyone help, I am plagued to death with magpies and crows, I need to get rid them as soon as possible as they are coming into the garden and eating all the food i put out for the hens and them today a saw a magpie kill one of my 2 week old chickens.
I have a larson trap but i need a magpie from another area to place in the trap in the first place.
I live near Athenry, Co. Galway so if anyone can help me out it would be much appreciated.

Thanks.

Terrier

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bunny shooter

Put a few broken hen egg shells into an empty compartment and soon enough you'll have a visitor

Dusty87

bunny shooter wrote: »

Put a few broken hen egg shells into an empty compartment and soon enough you'll have a visitor

Yep, did this recently. Although did not go as planned and ended up wit no magpie. Cant get one either. A lot of people around here have stopped trappin unfortunately

greenpeter

Just keep feeding them around the trap and eventually start putting the food near the trap and then on top of the trap and then in the trap and you will get them no problem. I was feeding for the last 2 weeks and this week i put food in the trap and i caught 11 magpies in the last few days. I think most of them are young and quarries so that may have worked in my favor. Best of luck let us know how you get on

Dusty87

Yea wil give it a shot. Nothin to loose.

bluestripe93

Larson trap is working fine and pulling a few in and the ones that dont go in the trap make good target practice.

Dusty87

Your sorted so;)
If youve any to spare, send it my way:)
When did you put the trap out lad? How many have you got??

bluestripe93

Its going well and i have 4 saved in a cage in the shed then 1 shoot in the head as well so i caught 5 so fare in 2 days.
I would have caught more if i had put the larson trap in a different place, but its just sat out in the open at the bottom of the back lawn, I'll move it out in the bushes over in the field beside me tomorrow but i just tried it in the garden to see if i would catch any at all. anyone need a Magpie ?.....

Dusty87

Fair play to ya. I could do wit one alright. Mine was 'released' You as goin good since saturday anyways:)

Terrier

Good to hear things are going well

ianoo

bluestripe93 wrote: »

. anyone need a Magpie ?.....

i could do with one in the waterford area ,if any one can help

ian

bluestripe93

Magpie update.
The larson trap has been set now for about 3 weeks and I was catching 2 a day at first then down to 1 a day and now its not caught any in the last week at all,
I caught about 15 in total but I don't think I'll catch any more now although I still see loads of them in the fields all around me but they are staying clear of the trap now. (very annoying)
Is it that they know to stay clear of the trap because they will be caught
or is it that the original magpie isn't calling them in any more now, It is quiet now but still very active in the cage. I'm still feeding it and getting to know it well now, I might keep it as a pet....:D
Is it all over now, should I call it a day.
Would swapping the magpie help to catch more.

johngalway

Move the cage a couple of hundred yards.

irish setter

only check your trap at night and dispatch mag then also. you'd be surprised how quickly they catch on when they see whats happening

bluestripe93

I Moved the Larson trap about 100 meters into the field at the back of me and i have it placed so its just running along inline with the bushes,
today (Tuesday) at around 4pm i saw a fox sniffing around the magpie trap, so into get the gun (CZ .17HMR) and at around 130 meters i got it, Dropped straight down,

Terrier

Fair play! Nice bonus

Checkin traps at night these days, put the lamp on one last week to see a fox jumping up and down on top of it. Didn't even bother him until a 55gr BT took the bounce out of him.